Long-term visual outcomes in the Cataract-Free Zone Project in Brazil

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 262-266

  De Senne, Firmani M B ^a   Cardillo, José A ^a   Rocha, Eduardo M ^a   Kara José, Newton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness prevention; Cataract surgery; Developing countries; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCREENING TEST; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYEGLASSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036080275     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800306.x     Document Type: Article

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